continents

英 [ˈkɒntɪnənts]

美 [ˈkɑntənənts]

n.  大陆; 陆地; 洲; 欧洲大陆(不包括英国和爱尔兰)
continent的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大陆;洲
  Acontinentis a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries.
  1. She loved the African continent...
     她热爱非洲大陆。
  2. Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single land mass.
     恐龙进化的时候，多数大陆连为一体。
• N-PROPER (指英国之外的)欧洲大陆
  People sometimes usethe Continentto refer to the continent of Europe except for Britain.
  1. Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent.
     其店铺跻身欧陆最时尚的店铺之列。

双语例句

• With the development of the crust and its continents, a recognizable ancestor of our present earth appeared.
  随着地壳和它的大陆的演变，我们现在的地球的可辨认原型就出现了。
• I live on the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.
  我住在欧洲，亚洲和非洲大陆。
• Wegener also noted differences between the continents and the ocean floor.
  Wegener也注意到了陆地和海洋底部的不同。
• Asia is the largest of the continents of the world.
  亚洲是世界各洲中最大的一个洲。
• There are seven continents in the world.
  世界上有七大洲。
• Nowadays, tea production is all over the world including five continents and more than fifty countries and regions.
  现今，茶叶生产遍及世界五大洲五十多个国家和地区。
• The seas are rising and the continents are rocking.
  四海翻腾，五洲震荡。
• They would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.
  他们要住在和这里截然不同的大陆上，过截然不同的生活。
• The difference accounts for the existence of continents and ocean basins.
  这种差别解释了大陆和海洋盆地存在的原因。
• The bank's scope is worldwide, in forty three countries on all the five continents.
  银行的业务范围是全球性的，活动遍布于所有五大洲的43个国家。